For those who are Protestant, you might not have heard of these books. (Then again, if you’re Catholic, the same may sadly be true.) At best your Bible contains 1 and 2 Maccabees as “apocrypha”.

For 2 Maccabees, in contrast, Jews suffer because their sins caused God “to hide His face” (see Deuteronomy 31:17 and 32:20, paraphrased in 2 Maccabees 5:17, i.e., to suspend his providence.

2 Maccabees 7:29 Do not fear this butcher, but prove worthy of your brothers. Accept death, so that in God's mercy I may get you back again with your brothers.

Solomonia/Shmuni was murdered according to 2 Maccabees ch. 8, with other related accounts in the fourth Book of Maccabees. This means that the Greek attack on the Jews was idolatrous and intended ...

In reality, the clashes between the Maccabees and the Greeks lasted 27 years of an extremely bloody and cruel war. We will need less, be"H. Israel National News ...

It’s another March Madness run for the Yeshiva University Maccabees, which clinched the Skyline Conference championship on March 2 to head to the national men’s basketball tournament.

From Maccabees to modern miracles. For this year’s Festival of Lights, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ... Around the world, the average country spends 2% of its GDP on its military.

But here The Maccabees are, preparing for a mammoth return in London’s Victoria Park in seven months’ time. As well as topping the bill on August 24, they’re also curating the line-up ...

The Maccabees teach us to stand up for religious liberty.” Sis said another lesson to be learned from the story is to be aware of the ways in which the example of one’s actions affects others.